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Finally! Our first glimpse into Drusilla's past.

It's London, 1860.

We learn several things about the girl Drusilla was before turning into the elegant, mad and unholy creature she is today. Turns out she was a young "cockney lass whose family were coal miners". She was also a devote Catholic. We see her entering a confessional just as the


An arm falls out of the curtain where the priest should be waiting, muted noises of a struggle are heard and the arm is pulled back inside. Angelus is seen inside the booth and is clearly startled with Drusilla speaks (( unaware the real priest has just been murdered )). Angelus listens as a terrified Drusilla calls herself evil for having 'visions' and that tells how her mother said they were signs from the devil. Angelus confirms her Mother's thoughts, telling her she is in fact a spawn of Satan. Shaken and shocked, she asks what she can do, and he tells her to fulfill his plan and just be evil.

This causes mortal Drusilla to sob, and beg for penance. With a roll of his eyes, he offers her penance. Before leaving he stares at her through the barrier, raising his hand to the lattice and eerily tells her, "God is watching you."

And at that, we are taken back to the present in 1998 where Drusilla is seen gliding down the stairs to the garden where Spike sits reading a newspaper.

She announces that the moon was whispering all sorts of dreadful things to her and that something terrible was coming and that it is at the museum.

Angelus is awed by her powers (( as he should be )) but Spike breaks Dru and Angelus apart by mocking that she read it in the morning paper.

At the museum, Drusilla quickly takes out the doctor examining the runes and they pack it up and take it back to the mansion.

Spike and Drusilla are standing in front of the tomb as Angelus explains that it has the power to literally suck the world into hell. Acathla is stone but all they need to do is pull the sword from its chest after performing a ritual to become worthy.


Angelus wastes no time, going through the ritual to awaken Acathla, but it fails. Drusilla immediately freaks, while Spike taunts the irate Angel and hides his laughter.

A seething Angelus declares that they're just going to have to go to an old friend for help.

While Angelus keeps Buffy distracted Drusilla takes a small team of vampires to the high school. Kendra does her best with the vampires, until Drusilla appears. Dru blocked many of the Slayers punches, landing a few herself until able to hypnotize Kendra, she then slashes her throat… with her nails (( Note: Dru's just *too* cool ))

She orders the other vampires to get what they've come for and two vampires drag the unconscious Giles from the library.

Spike takes this time to have a run in visit with the Slayer, making his first truce with her in order to get Drusilla back as well as save the world. She agrees to let him and Dru leave town unharmed so long as Spike backs her up during the fight and keeps Giles safe.

Back at the mansion, Angelus is having no success in getting the needed information out of the Watcher. Seconds away from breaking out the chainsaw, Spike calls on Drusilla.

Out to have some fun, she cleans his wounds and plays the perfect nursemaid, going so far as to getting into his mind and having him see with his heart. She runs her hands over his eyes and when he looks back to Drusilla she's suddenly changed into Jenny.

Weakened and confused, Giles reveals to Drusilla/Jenny that it is Angel's blood that will awaken Acathla and they share a passionate kiss. The seconds tick by until Angelus and Spike have to speak up, getting Dru's attention away from Giles. She smiles a little and apologizes, saying she was 'in the moment'.

When dawn comes, Buffy invades the mansion Just in time to stop the ritual. Angelus mocks that she'll never be able to take on everyone when Spike wails on him with a fire poker. Drusilla, taken aback and angered by the betrayal, attacks Spike and sends them both plummeting to the ground. She scratches up his face and pins in to the wall by his neck. He slaps her arm away and punches her in the face, and so on and so on.

While they fight, Angelus gets up from the ground and rushes to the statue, pulling out the sword and successfully awakening Acathla. Drusilla is immediately distracted, letting down her defenses to watch the light coming from the statue, smiling and announcing what we all know. 'here he comes'.

Spike uses this opportunity to snap up behind her and grab her about the throat with his arm, choking her until she passes out and falls into his arms unconscious. He picks her up, carrying her out of the mansion, to the car, and out of the country.


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